Hurley gonna Hurley.

[SemperFiCat]

This insufferable gremlin is at it again. So glad he isn't representing Kentucky basketball.

"don't turn your back on me, I'm the best coach in the f---ing sport."

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-b...514085/hurley-berating-ref-show-other-coaches

 

[UK90]

Jeez, those two titles went to his head in an awful way.

 

[JimBR]

This insufferable gremlin is at it again. So glad he isn't representing Kentucky basketball.

"don't turn your back on me, I'm the best coach in the f---ing sport."

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-b...514085/hurley-berating-ref-show-other-coaches

Me too. Incredibly arrogant comment.

 

[carbonlib23]

what a maroon....

 

[ArtLaibsGhost]

Bigger prick than Pitino was when he was younger

 

[bbncal02]

Arrogant prick. No one yells that that has ANY humility.

 

[CatEye2010]

Such a pre-madonna!

 

[UKBB4Ever]

This is who he is. He’s always been that guy. He’s a very good coach. But he would not have lasted here.

He had a magical 2 seasons with a special team much like Donovan did at Fl. But Donovan did have a prior FF.

I doubt Hurley ever makes another one.

 

[SemperFiCat]

I recently saw an interview when Tim Donaghy talked about how the refs banded together to teach Iverson a lesson after he called them out. I wouldn't lose any sleep if Hurley started getting the same treatment.

 

[Cowtown Cat]

This is who he is. He’s always been that guy. He’s a very good coach. But he would not have lasted here.

He had a magical 2 seasons with a special team much like Donovan did at Fl. But Donovan did have a prior FF.

I doubt Hurley ever makes another one.

Lightning in a bottle. I’m willing to bet, he wouldn’t win as much as Pope has with the team we have this year. Matter of fact, he probably has more talent at UConn right now.

 

[WeWant9]

Bold strategy. We know what happens when you start pissing refs off.

 

[CrimsonCats]

I’m not sure I’m willing to take that bet about him being a flash in the pan yet. He’s a very good coach and possibly a great one, and I think we’ll hear more from UConn on the national stage in the next few years. He’s always had a prickly personality to put it mildly though, and that started well before the back to back titles. I’m honestly fine letting it be another fanbase who has to defend some of his antics.

 

[Creed Bratton]

Lightning in a bottle. I’m willing to bet, he wouldn’t win as much as Pope has with the team we have this year. Matter of fact, he probably has more talent at UConn right now.

I agree with you 100%. Look at his record before the last 3 seasons and you would be wondering how he had the same win percentage as Crean his first 12 seasons and now everyone thinks he is the 2nd coming of Wooden.

 

[m080470]

I think it's got to be intentional on his part. To me, you keep "T"-ing him up and get him thrown out of games until the behavior stops. There seems to be that Knight-Kryzewski School that you scare the referee out of either making calls or missing calls because they can't concentrate on what they are supposed to be doing and he's going beyond them. It's violates everything about good sportsmanship but unfortunately, it's been shown to be effective.

 

[ukcatz12]

He had a magical 2 seasons with a special team much like Donovan did at Fl. But Donovan did have a prior FF.

That's not really what those two title teams were at all. Three starters from that 2023 title team were replaced going into the 2024 season. There wasn't really a set of core of guys like the Florida teams had.

 

[UK90]

This is who he is. He’s always been that guy.

Like maybe literally always. I recall his dad once saying that when they were kids he eventually had to forbid Danny from playing against his older brother because it would end in a fistfight every time they played.

I think the story was told to try to show how fiercely competitive he is. But, you know, it also might just show how he’s always been a prick …even as a little kid.

 

[Cats192]

There's another clip of him saying something to the effect of "We get the worst whistle for any team that's won as much as we have."
He basically said the same thing after a loss in Maui.

He's of the belief that those 2 national championships entitle him to a favorable whistle from the refs.

 

[Cowtown Cat]

Now, if you wanna speak of roster construction. Yes, he’s a damn good roster builder to be sure. At least, he has been as of late.

 

[Wonky]

Like maybe literally always. I recall his dad once saying that when they were kids he eventually had to forbid Danny from playing against his older brother because it would end in a fistfight every time they played.

I think the story was told to try to show how fiercely competitive he is. But, you know, it also might just show how he’s always been a prick …even as a little kid.

Yeah people from the northeast call that “competitive fire”. In the south we just call it what it is: being an asshat.

 

[B.B.H.]

There's another clip of him saying something to the effect of "We get the worst whistle for any team that's won as much as we have."
He basically said the same thing after a loss in Maui.

He's of the belief that those 2 national championships entitle him to a favorable whistle from the refs.

And said that while multiple late non-calls won him the game against freaking Butler. Shows you can simultaneously be a genius and a moron.

 

[UKBB4Ever]

That's not really what those two title teams were at all. Three starters from that 2023 title team were replaced going into the 2024 season. There wasn't really a set of core of guys like the Florida teams had.

Right, they didn't have same whole core. But they had many of the same pieces and especially the big dude.

 

[d2atTech]

Such a pre-madonna!

so he's marylin monroe?

 

[CRZ4UK]

I recently saw an interview when Tim Donaghy talked about how the refs banded together to teach Iverson a lesson after he called them out. I wouldn't lose any sleep if Hurley started getting the same treatment.

That treatment is reserved for UK my friend.

 

[bbncal02]

Yeah people from the northeast call that “competitive fire”. In the south we just call it what it is: being an asshat.

Yeah, there's a fine line. I don't mind a coach being fiery and maybe even a smartass here an there (the Tubby stare, the Pitino glasses gesture to refs, Cal's going forehead to forehead with Pat Adams (man, I though he might be back when he did that.....cest la vie)) but Hurley is just another arrogant Yankee prick. That complete lack of humility doesn't sit well down here in the mid-South (and really anywhere else in the country minus the West Coast- even then they don't do that much either).

I've met people like Hurley and they are a complete pain to even be around. Everything eventually comes back to them and about them. Like, man, piss off with that- the sun doesn't revolve around you.

 

[STL_Cat]

That's a wild thing to yell at an official 😅

 

[B.B.H.]

That's a wild thing to yell at an official 😅

Hurley: “I’m the best ****ing coach in this sport!”

Shows: “Yeah, well, I’m the worst ****ing ref in this sport!”

(Then moonwalks, before throwing the disco fever to eject Hurley from the game)